#8A6CE8#8A6CE8

#8A6CE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.180 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CE8
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 40.33, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 71.50, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0657 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.18 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4053, 21.9537, 78.9638)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CE8 #CAE86C

analogous

#6C8CE8 #8A6CE8 #C86CE8

triadic

#8A6CE8 #E88A6C #6CE88A

tetradic

#8A6CE8 #E86C8C #CAE86C #6CE8C8

square

#8A6CE8 #E86C8C #CAE86C #6CE8C8

split-complementary

#8A6CE8 #E8C86C #8CE86C

monochromatic

#441DBC #6037E0 #8A6CE8 #B4A1F0 #DED6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A6CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8A6CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CE8

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CE8	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3183EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7086A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.180 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197f0',
    500: '#8a6ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ce8;
$custom-light: #b197f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61991,
    "c": 0.18011,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CE8

secondary

#E2ECC4

accent

#D510A5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CE8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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